Assuming you are running Ubuntu non-secure, you may not have permissions to enable the counters if they have been disabled in the secure world. If this is a shipping device and you don't have access to the secure world you may not be able to enable the counters; it depends how the device vendor has configured the debug settings.
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I'm currently facing the same problem if you solve your problem could you share the answer.
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